Somerset nursing home staff helps residents escape fire Quick action by staff at a Somerset, Massachusetts nursing home helped stop a fire from spreading overnight. The facility is not far from ...

Quick action by staff at a Somerset, Massachusetts nursing home helped stop a fire from spreading overnight. The facility is not far from the Gabriel House, the Fall River assisted living facility ...

A small fire caused some damage to a nursing home in Somerset. The fire broke out at the Somerset Ridge Center just after 3:30 this morning.

So, it's a big problem if something is happening," said McCarthy. Somerset fire crews say thankfully, no one was injured. Attentive staff and functional building fire equipment made the difference.

Crews were dispatched to Somerset Ridge Center on Brayton Avenue at around 3:30 a.m. after the fire started in an empty community room on the second floor, WPRI reported.